My first introduction
to the Marine Corps came in the summer of '60. I was
16 that summer. Got my driver's license. And we were
living at Paradise Cove, Malibu, Ca. [ more
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Boot Camp:
One Marine's Experience

On May 22, 1965 I
signed a work contract that stipulated that I work
7days/24hours for 4 years. The official start day
was June 7, 1965. [ more
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Getting
There

I worked in 3 different
photo-labs at two different Marine bases before getting
to Vietnam. [ more ]

Working at
FLC

It took 3 1/2 years
but I finally made it. Was it worth it? Yes. Being
assigned to FLC probably gave me the most freedom
to photograph but the tradeoff was being isolated
from what was happening outside of Da Nang. [ more
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Other
Thoughts

Common
Thread

The photograph was
taken by SSgt Deyerle in 1965 while he was working
as a marine photographer in Da Nang, Vietnam. The
helicopter is YS4. [ more
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Steve Addington

Steve Addington, the
Marine who made sure I got some great photos while
in Vietnam, died in January 2004. He will be greatly
missed. [ more ]

Cherry Point Windsock / ISO

The life and times
of the Windsock/Information Services Office, 1965
-1967. This photographer worked at this place from
Oct. '65 to Fall of '67. It was, without a doubt,
the wackiest place I ever worked at. [ more
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VFMA-531 At Yuma

I flew to Yuma on
a C-130 that only had a couple of passengers and one
large crate. I found out later that the crate included
a canopy for the F4 I would be flying in. The previous
one had released and flown off. Never to be seen again.
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VFM-332 At Bogue Field

At Bogue Field they
installed a portable runway with an aircraft catapult
just like the ones on aircraft carriers. This reduced
the length of field with the idea that they could
put one of these runways just about anywhere. But
here they used a jet engine, the same engine used
in the Phantom F4, instead of steam powered turbines
used on carriers.[
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USMC Vietnam War Photographers

June 23, 2005:How many Marine Corps photographers
served in Vietnam? Who were they? Can we see some
of their work? Those are some of the questions we
are going to try to answer. It's a big project and
might never be completed but we are determined to
do it. [ more
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